I understand the sentiment well.

[It is far too easy for her to sympathise, lonely as she has been; his loyalty strikes a chord with her own.]

His Majesty was only a regional warlord when I joined his army, but I knew that he would ascend to heights unmatched by every other man vying for rule. His ambition and brilliance left an immediate and lasting impression... I felt that he would reshape our country, as it desperately needed.